Technology Audit: Webroot Web and Email Security

Executive Summary

Webroot is an established security provider of Software as a Service (SaaS)-delivered e-mail and Web security suites. The e-mail security suite comprises anti-spam, anti-virus, content scanning for Data Loss Prevention (DLP), image scanning, continuity management for mails, e-mail archiving, and e-mail encryption. The Web security suite comprises anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-phishing, application blocking, and URL filtering. Webroot has combined proprietary technology alongside a number of best-of-breed security point solutions into the aforementioned suites. The services are delivered through data centres across three continents (Europe, North America, and Australia), with full redundancy capabilities. The service suite is aimed at SMEs with between 100 and 5,000 users, and offers the benefit of Web and e-mail security without dedicated qualified in-house personnel and appliance and/or software installations.